SIPA Capstone 2024

Pathways to Careers

Public policy is just the beginning

Whatever your goal, SIPA gives you substantive knowledge and versatile skills to help you build and sustain a purposeful career in a variety of fields.

Empowering students and communities

 

Radha Kulkarni MPA ’17 leads the Innovative Financing Pathway at United Nations Children’s Fund’s new Innovative Finance Hub that works on new mechanisms to unlock global capital in support of children across 190 countries.

Employment Statistics

92%

employment six months after graduation*

150

employer information sessions hosted each year

20

Presidential Management Fellow finalists in 2022

*Based on a knowledge rate of 78% for graduates of the class of 2022.

SIPA Student in the Classroom

Career Advancement Center

Our Career Advancement Center offers students and alumni the resources and guidance to pursue a satisfying professional path — whether they’ve just graduated or want to chart a new course many years after.

Elizabeth Gonzalez MPA-EPM ’20 on Taking Her Career to the Next Level

“Anybody that is interested in taking their career to the next level in the way that I am, I don't know of a better program than the Economic Policy Management Program here at SIPA.”

Career Stories

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